Rangers notes: Power-play outage

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Power-play outage

A big reason why the Rangers find themselves losing this Stanley Cup Final, three games to none, is their lack of power-play production. The Rangers went 0-for-6 with just 10 shots in their 3-0 Game 3 loss and are now 1-for-14 in the series.

"We had a lot of power-play opportunities but we didn’t give ourselves a chance on rims, stopping and battling for pucks," defenseman Ryan McDonagh said. "They cleared a lot. It’s the third or the fourth shot that we say are going to be goals and we didn’t give ourselves enough of those opportunities."

Brad Richards continues to receive a healthy dose of power-play time at the point – 8:47 of his 16:03 came on the man advantage – yet the struggling center went scoreless in his fifth straight game.

Coach Alain Vigneault did put Rick Nash back into the regular power-play rotation as he logged 2:18 of his 16:24.

"I think when things don’t work we try to switch it up a bit but special teams are the difference in this league," Nash said.

Been there before

Despite the long odds of becoming just the fifth team in NHL to rally from a 3-0 series deficit, the Rangers are relying on recent memory for hope.

The Rangers trailed the Penguins, 3-1, in the Metropolitan Division final before advancing in that series – winning two of the three games at Pittsburgh – then winning the first two games of the Eastern Conference final at Montreal.

"Of course we believe," Mats Zuccarello said. "We’ve done it before. It’s been done before. Harder things than that have been achieved."

Briefs

G Cam Talbot (unspecified injury) continued to remain absent from the Rangers as David LeNeveu dressed as Henrik Lundqvist’s backup for the third straight game. … The Rangers held an opponent to 15 or fewer shots for the third time in these playoffs, though the first two times came in wins over the Flyers and Penguins. The Rangers are the first team to do so since the Devils in 2001.

Rangers notes: Power-play outage

The Record

Power-play outage

A big reason why the Rangers find themselves losing this Stanley Cup Final, three games to none, is their lack of power-play production. The Rangers went 0-for-6 with just 10 shots in their 3-0 Game 3 loss and are now 1-for-14 in the series.

"We had a lot of power-play opportunities but we didn’t give ourselves a chance on rims, stopping and battling for pucks," defenseman Ryan McDonagh said. "They cleared a lot. It’s the third or the fourth shot that we say are going to be goals and we didn’t give ourselves enough of those opportunities."

Brad Richards continues to receive a healthy dose of power-play time at the point – 8:47 of his 16:03 came on the man advantage – yet the struggling center went scoreless in his fifth straight game.

Coach Alain Vigneault did put Rick Nash back into the regular power-play rotation as he logged 2:18 of his 16:24.

"I think when things don’t work we try to switch it up a bit but special teams are the difference in this league," Nash said.

Been there before

Despite the long odds of becoming just the fifth team in NHL to rally from a 3-0 series deficit, the Rangers are relying on recent memory for hope.

The Rangers trailed the Penguins, 3-1, in the Metropolitan Division final before advancing in that series – winning two of the three games at Pittsburgh – then winning the first two games of the Eastern Conference final at Montreal.

"Of course we believe," Mats Zuccarello said. "We’ve done it before. It’s been done before. Harder things than that have been achieved."

Briefs

G Cam Talbot (unspecified injury) continued to remain absent from the Rangers as David LeNeveu dressed as Henrik Lundqvist’s backup for the third straight game. … The Rangers held an opponent to 15 or fewer shots for the third time in these playoffs, though the first two times came in wins over the Flyers and Penguins. The Rangers are the first team to do so since the Devils in 2001.